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Nymphaea alba

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 9 constituent measurements for Nymphaea alba. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Nymphaea alba L.

9Constituent measurements

0Safety records

5Cited sources

0Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Castalia alba (L.) Greene
Castalia speciosa Salisb.

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

Regulatory presence

No Health Canada licensed natural health product in the snapshot names this species as a medicinal ingredient under this exact binomial. Absence here means absence from this one register under this one name, not absence from trade, and not a safety verdict.

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Armepavine	Leaves	Solvent extraction	—	Chromatographic tests	Resolve DOI
Gallic acid	Flower	Solvent extraction	—	Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) spectroscopy	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Flowering top	—	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Gallic acid	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	UHPLC-MS-MS	No resolvable identifier
Gallic acid	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	UHPLC-MS-MS	No resolvable identifier
Quinic acid	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	UHPLC-MS-MS	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	UHPLC-MS-MS	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Bakr, Riham Omar., Wasfi, Reham., Swilam, Noha., Sallam, Ibrahim Ezz. Characterization of the bioactive constituents of Nymphaea alba rhizomes and evaluation of anti-biofilm as well as antioxidant and cytotoxic properties. Journal of medicinal plants research, 2016, vol. 10, no. 26, p. 390-401.
Modrakowski, Jerzy. Alkaloids from flowers of nymphaea alba. Berichte ueber die gesamte physiologie und experimentelle pharmakologie, 1935, vol. 95, p. 123.
Bose, A., Sahoo, M., Rout, S.S., Si, S.C. Uterotonic properties of nymphaea alba on isolated myometrium model. International journal of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, 2014, vol. 6, no. 6, p. 490-493.
Goleniewska-Furmanowa, M. Comparative leaf anatomy and alkaloid content in the nymphaeaceae bentham and hooker. Monographiae botanicae, 1970, vol. 31, p. 1-56. DOI
Jambor, J., Skrzypczak, L. Phenolic acids from the flowers of Nymphaea alba L.. Acta societatis botanicorum poloniae, 1991, vol. 60, no. 1-2, p. 127-132. DOI

Boundary

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